Upper Canada land book D, 1797-1802 : [a copy of all the minutes of Council concerning the waste lands of the Crown lying in the Province of Upper Canada]
Description
- Statement Of Responsibility
- by the Clerk of the Executive Council
- Authors
- Upper Canada (Province). Executive Council. Land Committee (York, Ont.)
- Upper Canada (Province). Executive Council. Land Committee (Newark, Ont.)
- Media Type
- Text
- Genealogical Resource
- Item Type
- Books
- Notes
- Series: Upper Canada Land Books
Contents : Various oaths of office and allegiance to the crown [marked Index Page E ; Index page F ; and Index page W] [3 lvs] -- Name index and general index [35 lvs.] --- Minutes of the Council meetings concerning land grants [410 lvs. - with 2 pages of minutes on each leaf].; Page no'd A, dated May 23rd, 1798, was inserted after page 112, re items missing from page 112.; Meetings appear to have been transferred to York Council Chambers by the end of 1797 ; none were held in Newark..; The land grants first assigned were to the Districts created in July 1788, originally named 1) Hesse, 2) Nassau, 3) Mechlenberg and 4) Lunenburg ; Later, in October 1792, after the division of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, these were renamed the 1) Western, 2) Home, 3) Midland and 4) Eastern Districts.; Lunenburg was originally written Luneburg; In October, 1792, the original Land Office Boards were increased from four to seven which is reflected in the later land books
- Publisher
- The Council
- Edition
- Negative blueprint
- Collation
- 3 lvs [ i.e. p. 1-5], 35 lvs [i.e p. 1-69], 410 lvs [i.e. p. 1-820]
- Date of Original
- 1797-1802
- Subject(s)
- Canada--Emigration and immigration--18th century
Canada--Emigration and immigration--19th century
Land grants--Ontario--Registers
Land settlement--Ontario--18th century
Land settlement--Ontario--19th century
National Archives of Canada (Ottawa, Ont.)--Genealogy--Archival resources
Ontario--Colonization--18th century
Ontario--Colonization--19th century
Ontario--History--18th century
Ontario--History--19th century
United Empire loyalists--Ontario - ID Number
- O/S 929.3 713 Upper 1802
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Toronto Reference Library, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Contact
- The Ontario Genealogical SocietyEmail:library@ogs.on.ca
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